"(fig.) uncertain" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
悬空懸空	xuán kōng		to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
渺茫	miǎo máng		uncertain / remote / distant and indistinct / vague	syn
开花開花	kāi huā	v.	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	adj.	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
不确定不確定	bù què dìng		uncertain / uncertainty
孙子孫子	sūn zǐ		Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武\|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法\|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]	syn
没底沒底	méi dǐ		unsure / uncertain / unending
孙武孫武	sūn wǔ		Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子\|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法\|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
味道	wèi dao	n.	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	n., adj.	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	v.	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
目光	mù guāng	n.	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ		to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
塑造	sù zào	v.	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo		to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu		flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén		(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	v., n.	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	v.	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
雏儿雛兒	chú ér		newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù		loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
架空	jià kōng		to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出笼出籠	chū lóng		(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu		lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
松柏	sōng bǎi		pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi		to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
中招	zhòng zhāo		(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù		small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
矮化	ǎi huà		(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn		(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú		turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
下来下來	xià lai	v.	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái		to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
加油	jiā yóu	v.	to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on	syn
套	tào	n., v., m.w.	to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	v., n.	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
淘汰	táo tài	v.	to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out	syn
深	shēn	adj., adv.	deep (lit. and fig.)	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	n.	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
舞台舞臺	wǔ tái	n.	(lit. and fig.) stage / arena	syn
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ		leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	syn
不知	bù zhī		not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值價值	jià zhí	n.	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
帽子	mào zi	n.	hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂\|顶[ding3]	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	n.	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
症癥	zhēng		abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point	syn
开门開門	kāi mén		to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
掌握	zhǎng wò	v.	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
龙龍	lóng	n.	Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	v.	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
血液	xuè yè	n.	blood / (fig.) lifeblood	syn
味	wèi	n.	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription	syn
硬	yìng	adj., adv.	hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	v.	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	v.	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn
出局	chū jú	v.	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
头脑頭腦	tóu nǎo	n.	brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss	syn
虫蟲	chóng		lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條\|条[tiao2],隻\|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic	syn
白色	bái sè	n.	white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist	syn
森	sēn		(bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous / gloomy / forbidding	syn
做梦做夢	zuò mèng	v.	to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream	syn
背景	bèi jǐng	n.	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種\|种[zhong3]	syn
材料	cái liào	n.	(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job	syn
起飞起飛	qǐ fēi	v.	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly	syn
角落	jiǎo luò	n.	corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook	syn
动力動力	dòng lì	n.	motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus
提起	tí qǐ	v.	to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)	syn
刷	shuā	v.	a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)	syn
把握	bǎ wò	v., n.	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
钓鱼釣魚	diào yú	v.	to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing	syn
环节環節	huán jié	n.	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc	syn
身后身後	shēn hòu		the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background	syn
出场出場	chū chǎng	v.	(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue	syn
复活復活	fù huó	v.	to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection	syn
玩偶	wán ǒu		toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything	syn
风暴風暴	fēng bào	n.	storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)	syn
光明	guāng míng	n., adj.	light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted	syn
堵	dǔ	v., adj., m.w.	to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)	syn
后门後門	hòu mén		back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor	syn
演戏演戲	yǎn xì		to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
锻炼鍛煉	duàn liàn	v.	to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself	syn
木头木頭	mù tou	n.	wood / log / CL:塊\|块[kuai4],根[gen1] / (fig.) blockhead / dolt / slow-witted	syn
阴影陰影	yīn yǐng	n.	(lit. and fig.) shadow	syn
永恒永恆	yǒng héng	adj.	eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)	syn
晒曬	shài	v.	(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to	syn
污染	wū rǎn	v.	to pollute / to contaminate (lit. and fig.)	syn
口径口徑	kǒu jìng	n.	bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line	syn
轨道軌道	guǐ dào	n.	track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital	syn
朵朶	duǒ	m.w.	flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc	syn
垮	kuǎ	v.	to collapse (lit. or fig.)	syn
管道	guǎn dào	n.	tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
后院後院	hòu yuàn		rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
提升提昇	tí shēng	v.	to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve	syn
歌声歌聲	gē shēng	n.	singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet
登场登場	dēng chǎng	v.	to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product	syn
影子	yǐng zi	n.	shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
捏揑	niē	v.	to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)	syn
麻醉	má zuì	v.	anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)	syn
死神	sǐ shén		mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death	syn
宝藏寶藏	bǎo zàng	n.	precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law	syn

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